Newcastle United may not have deserved to lose so convincingly to north east rivals Sunderland, but the team needs to move on from that result quickly.

That is the warning issued by midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum in The Chronicle ahead of this weekend’s clash with Stoke City.

The Magpies are deep in the relegation mire at present and the Dutchman is keen that, while some positives are taken from their 3-0 defeat to the Black Cats, they move on from the result and instead focus on the bigger picture of the Premier League.

“We were playing good and creating chances, they [Sunderland] weren’t making them, they got the penalty and they scored. I think after that they had three chances and scored two, and won the game,” he told The Chronicle.

Jack Beresford

Jack is a 27-year-old writer with experience in writing about sport in a range of guises. He’s something of a statto when it comes to soccer and has a passion for English football at all levels, as well as Serie A and the Bundesliga.